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As the title of the post states, I've experienced some studder or shudder from the car during heavy acceleration. It seems to only happen when flooring it up hills or inclines. Any ideas? No lights or codes. I was thinking maybe the fuel filter? My car is at 67k and last fuel filter was put in at 35k. I inspected the transfer case, changed the flange, fluid, and flex disc at 50k so I'm kind of assuming/hoping it's not transfer case related. Any insight, help, or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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May be the clutch within the transfer case. You'll want to run it in RWD only and see if the symptoms go away. There's a fuse you can pull to put it in RWD though I can't remember which -a search will get you that info.
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Good idea, I'll try it out
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Does it happen at a specific rpm?
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It doesn't happen often enough where I've detected a pattern of any kind, other than it seems to only happen during heavy acceleration and possibly only on inclines. I just went hooning on the highway to try to replicate it and I couldn't do it. The only thing that changed from last time I drove it was that I filled the tank with gas. Could it be possible that the car was fuel starved going up hill WOT? Or is that just my optimistic thinking? I guess I'll have to keep an eye on it and see if it happens again and when it occurs. I had a TDI Jetta back in high school and It would shake under heavy acceleration when the fuel filter was clogged so that was my first guess.
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It wouldn't be a fuel issue at all. These will immediately go into limp mode and throw codes if there is a fuel pressure deviation.
(Although I hope you didn't fill the tank with gas ) I would watch the rpm when/if it happens. On the higher torque 328d, I've noticed that there is a very specific mid-chassis rumble at around 2500rpm, in 6th or 7th gear. This is on rwd or awd. It seems the higher mileage ones will do it. I attribute this to the driveshaft center support, but I haven't dug enough into it. It's inconsequential.
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Assuming it is the xfer case, what would you suggest I do? Is there a way to service it? Do I wait for it to fail and see if dealer will replace?
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If your still under warranty, those symptoms are enough for BMW to swap out the transfer case. Do a search in this forum for "transfer case". Look for "ATC 35L rebuild" and "output shaft failure...". Both are excellent threads and will point you to shredded splines on the output shaft. Otherwise it seems like finding a salvage unit or getting a new one from BMW are your only options.
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I had what seems like the same stutter under heavy acceleration, especially uphill. My car had done it forever. Finally started experiencing a clunk when shifting in reverse and my local mechanic told me my guibo was completely worn out and he alerted me to the recall. Took the car to the dealership for the guibo and had them inspect the transfer case. Splines in the transfer case were so worn that the SA was shocked I was still driving it. (LOL)
Car is currently still at the dealership having the work done so no clue yet if it'll fix the issue, but I bet it will! We were already heavily suspecting tcase being the cause as my mechanic had experienced this in other xDrive cars and it went away upon switching to rwd. |
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Update: all of my symptoms seem to have gone away after putting the car in rear wheel drive. Starting to think it's the transfer case Not sure if I should bring the car to the dealer yet though. Symptoms are pretty mild still and I have a feeling they'd state nothing is wrong. |
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Update: changed wheels and tires almost a month ago and haven't felt it once since. Is it possible that it was related to a bent wheel or uneven tread?
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In terms of xfer case maintenance, I changed the flex disc to a rubber one a while back and replaced the output flange (original showed very little wear so was thinking it could be clutch pack wear). I've also been changing the xfer case fluid every other oil change (20k) and that seems to help.
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Good to know. The thing is my splines were fine when I checked and I replaced the output flange anyway, so they're even more fine now. I also don't have a single symptom at the moment so I don't think I'd have much luck replacing anything under warranty right now. If it starts happening again I'll definitely consider a trip to the dealer but as of now there's no point.
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Last time I brought my car to the dealer (last year) they replaced the valve but I had to pay for it out of pocket. They told me only the egr cooler was covered, not the valve. My cooler passed inspection, the valve did not.
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